100 students to get scholarships at Liberation Day event
VOV.VN - An art performance titled ‘Vietnamese youth – the story of peace’ will be held on the Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City on April 21 to mark the 43rd anniversary of Liberation Day (April 30).
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Through five times held across HCM City, Hanoi, Japan’s Tokyo, and Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery in Quang Tri, the ‘Vietnamese youth – the story of peace’ program has become a communal music brand which symbolizes the peace loving nature of young people, especially Vietnamese students and youth.
On the occasion, the program will present 100 scholarships worth VND1 billion to poor students with excellent academic records in HCM City and southeastern provinces.
To be in with a chance of receiving the scholarship, students must compose a 1,500 word letter describing their living conditions, their efforts to succeed and aspirations for the future, and should also focus on their desire for peace and the role and responsibility of the country’s youth in national development.
The program has so far granted 154 scholarships worth VND1.54 billion to Vietnamese students, including 84 scholarships for the children of soldiers, policemen, coastguards, families of social policy beneficiaries, and Truong Son veterans.
